Web-based project management on the horizon: once the domain of architects and engineers, an exciting new era in online project management is now moving into the electrical contracting trade

摘要

An electrical superintendent starts his workweek with the usual busy Monday. After getting his morning coffee, he hops in his truck, plugs a laptop into his Nextel phone, and dials into his firm's network to check e-mail. On the way to the jobsite, he calls in for voice mail messages and checks the status of various crews in. the area via local dispatch. Once he arrives at the first jobsite, he connects to the Internet from the general contractor's trailer via two-way satellite, because there are no DSL or T1 lines available. He logs onto a Web-based project management software system by entering his name and password to check a couple of things before making a site inspection. He quickly gains access to the electronic files of six projects his firm and the general contractor are completing for two different owners in four different states. He immediately receives notification that someone has made modifications. After reviewing two RFls and a waiver, approving tour pay requests, and checking the status of a few changeorders, he sends a reply back to the owner to adjust the schedule.